The short answer
Google Cloud costs more than Optidata on all 14 plan sizes compared, between 2.48x and 9.07x the Optidata monthly total (4.29x at the median).
For a dedicated 4 vCPU / 16 GB server with 200 GB of block storage and 5 TB of outbound traffic a month, Google Cloud (n2d-standard-4) costs $703.49 and Optidata (ohpd-4c-16gb-amd) $125.85. Outbound traffic is $560.13 of the Google Cloud total, because Google Cloud bundles no transfer into the instance.
- Optidata, reference server
- $125.85
- Google Cloud, reference server
- $703.49
- Plan sizes where Google Cloud is cheaper
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Plan for plan
The closest published Google Cloud shape that meets or exceeds the vCPU and RAM of each Optidata plan, on demand. The monthly total adds the reference block storage and outbound traffic listed under each size, net of what the plan already bundles.
Dedicated vCPU
Cores are not shared. Every provider's general-purpose dedicated line, matched to the Optidata Dedicated AMD lineup.
| Plan size | Optidata | Google Cloud | Google Cloud vs Optidata |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPU / 4 GB50 GB · 1 TB out | $56.10ohpd-2c-8gb-amd, uses 2 vCPU / 8 GB | $186.56n2d-standard-2, 8 GB RAM, no 4 GB shape | 3.33xOptidata cheaper |
| 2 vCPU / 8 GB100 GB · 2 TB out | $61.10ohpd-2c-8gb-amd | $301.81n2d-standard-2 | 4.94xOptidata cheaper |
| 4 vCPU / 16 GB200 GB · 5 TB out | $125.85ohpd-4c-16gb-amd | $703.49n2d-standard-4 | 5.59xOptidata cheaper |
| 8 vCPU / 32 GB400 GB · 7 TB out | $255.35ohpd-8c-32gb-amd | $1,066.85n2d-standard-8 | 4.18xOptidata cheaper |
| 16 vCPU / 64 GB800 GB · 10 TB out | $507.05ohpd-16c-64gb-amd | $1,660.07n2d-standard-16 | 3.27xOptidata cheaper |
| 24 vCPU / 96 GB1200 GB · 15 TB out | $758.75ohpd-24c-96gb-amd | $2,593.51n2d-standard-32, 32 vCPU / 128 GB, no 24 vCPU shape | 3.42xOptidata cheaper |
| 32 vCPU / 128 GB1600 GB · 20 TB out | $1,010.45ohpd-32c-128gb-amd | $3,033.51n2d-standard-32 | 3.00xOptidata cheaper |
| 64 vCPU / 192 GB2400 GB · 30 TB out | $1,973.75ohpd-64c-192gb-amd | $4,900.37n2d-standard-64, 64 vCPU / 256 GB | 2.48xOptidata cheaper |
Shared vCPU
The entry line each provider sells for steady, non-bursty workloads, matched to the Optidata Balanced Intel lineup.
| Plan size | Optidata | Google Cloud | Google Cloud vs Optidata |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPU / 4 GB50 GB · 1 TB out | $23.25orps-2c-4gb-intel | $167.28e2-custom-2-4096 | 7.19xOptidata cheaper |
| 2 vCPU / 8 GB100 GB · 2 TB out | $39.20orps-2c-8gb-intel | $289.05e2-standard-2 | 7.37xOptidata cheaper |
| 4 vCPU / 16 GB200 GB · 5 TB out | $74.75orps-4c-16gb-intel | $677.97e2-standard-4 | 9.07xOptidata cheaper |
| 8 vCPU / 32 GB400 GB · 7 TB out | $178.70orps-8c-32gb-intel | $1,015.80e2-standard-8 | 5.68xOptidata cheaper |
| 16 vCPU / 64 GB800 GB · 10 TB out | $353.75orps-16c-64gb-intel | $1,557.99e2-standard-16 | 4.40xOptidata cheaper |
| 24 vCPU / 96 GB1200 GB · 15 TB out | $689.40orps-24c-96gb-intel | $2,223.01e2-custom-24-98304 | 3.22xOptidata cheaper |
Compute alone, without the reference disk and traffic, is in the interactive comparison and in the report CSV.
Where Google Cloud is cheaper
On plan totals, nowhere: Optidata is cheaper on all 14 sizes compared.
On unit rates, Google Cloud is lower on:
- Additional public IPv4: $3.65 on Google Cloud against $5.00 at Optidata. $0.005/h in use; $0.01/h if reserved and idle.
- Anti-DDoS, per instance: included on Google Cloud against $10.00 at Optidata. L3/L4 absorption included on the load balancer. Cloud Armor Enterprise starts at $200/month.
Where Optidata is cheaper
Optidata has the lower monthly total on all 14 plan sizes compared, and the lower rate on: Block storage, HDD; Load balancer; Kubernetes control plane; Managed backup; and Windows Server, per vCPU.
Outbound traffic
| Provider | Included | Past the allowance |
|---|---|---|
| Optidata | Outbound traffic included in every plan (2 TB to 60 TB a month by plan). | $0.01/GB past the allowance. |
| Google Cloud | No outbound traffic bundled into the instance price. 1 GB a month free per account. | Tiered: $0.12/GB at first, falling to $0.08/GB at higher volume. |
Egress is tiered on AWS and GCP, so the marginal rate falls as volume grows. The account-level free allowance is added to whatever the instance plan already includes.
Storage and platform rates
Every rate outside compute and traffic, at list, in USD. "No base fee" means Google Cloud bills that cost on another meter, not that it is free.
| Item | Optidata | Google Cloud | Note on the Google Cloud rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage, NVMe/SSD/GB·mo | $0.10 | $0.10 | PD Balanced. PD SSD is $0.17/GB and Hyperdisk meters IOPS separately. |
| Block storage, HDD/GB·mo | $0.03 | $0.04 | PD Standard, zonal. |
| Object storage, base fee/mo | $5.00 | no base fee | No bucket fee, but operations are billed. |
| Object storage, per GB/GB·mo | $0.02 | $0.02 | Standard regional plus $0.005/1,000 class A and $0.0004/1,000 class B. |
| Object storage, 1 TB bucket/mo | $20.00 | $20.00 | No base fee, so the whole terabyte bills at the per-GB rate, plus per-request charges. |
| Additional public IPv4/mo | $5.00 | $3.65 | $0.005/h in use; $0.01/h if reserved and idle. |
| Load balancer/mo | $9.00 | $18.25 | Covers 5 forwarding rules, plus $0.008 per GiB processed in each direction. |
| Kubernetes control plane/mo | $20.00 | $73.00 | GKE, $0.10/h per cluster, Autopilot included. One zonal cluster per account is covered by credit. |
| Snapshot/GB·mo | $0.05 | $0.05 | Standard. Archive is $0.019 plus a restore fee. |
| Managed backup/GB·mo | $0.03 | $0.045 | Backup and DR. Also charges $0.02/GB of protected capacity. |
| Anti-DDoS, per instance/mo | $10.00 | included | L3/L4 absorption included on the load balancer. Cloud Armor Enterprise starts at $200/month. |
| Windows Server, per vCPU/vCPU·mo | $16.00 | $33.58 | $0.046 per vCPU-hour, with no commitment discount. |
Regions
Optidata self-serve runs in Miami (US1). This comparison prices Google Cloud in us-central1 (Iowa). They are different locations, so the tables compare list prices, not latency, hardware or a shared site.
Workloads that must keep data in Brazil run on Optidata Private Cloud, in Optidata-owned data centers in Brazil (OPD-BR1, OPD-BR2 and OPD-BR3-IA), designed and priced with an architect rather than from the public list.
Support
Optidata. Every request is answered by a person, every day of the year. The NOC and SOC run 24 hours a day, with an average first response under 8 minutes.
Google Cloud. Google Cloud's support plans are not part of this dataset. Check Google Cloud's own support pricing before comparing totals for a production workload.
Date, sources and caveats
When the prices were collected
- Competitor list prices captured
- Competitor prices re-checked on the vendor pages
- Optidata plan prices, from the console catalog
The re-check reopened 174 competitor price points on the vendors' public pages:171 matched, 1 was corrected to the published rate, and 2 could not be reconfirmed because no public page lists them, so they stay as captured.
Method
- Closest published shape that meets or exceeds both the vCPU and the RAM of the Optidata plan. Where a provider has no shape at that size, the next size up is used and flagged as oversized.
- On-demand list price, Linux, no commitment, no reserved instance, no savings plan, no sustained-use or spot discount.
- Hourly rates are converted at 730 h/month, the same convention the Optidata console bills on.
- Monthly totals add a reference block storage volume and reference outbound traffic to each instance, net of whatever disk and traffic the plan already bundles. Egress is tiered on AWS and GCP, so the marginal rate falls as volume grows. The account-level free allowance is added to whatever the instance plan already includes.
Sources
| Provider | Priced in | Pages the prices were read from |
|---|---|---|
| Optidata Cloud | Miami (US1) | Optidata price listOptidata pricing calculator |
| Google Cloud | us-central1 · Iowa | cloud.google.com/products/compute/pricing/general-purposecloud.google.com/compute/disks-image-pricingcloud.google.com/storage/pricingcloud.google.com/vpc/network-pricingcloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/pricingcloud.google.com/products/calculator |
The locations differ: Optidata self-serve runs in Miami (US1), and each competitor is priced in the region named above. This compares list prices, not latency, hardware or performance, and no two SKUs in it are identical.
Caveats
- On-demand list prices, Linux, no usage commitment, no reserved instances and no spot. Negotiated discounts change the result.
- GCP applies an automatic sustained-use discount of up to 20% on N2D when an instance runs the full month. The GCP columns are list price, before that discount.
- AWS, GCP and Oracle bundle neither disk nor transfer into the instance price. DigitalOcean, Vultr and Magalu do. The total-cost view normalizes that.
- AWS in sa-east-1 (Sao Paulo) averages 1.6x the us-east-1 price on the same families. GCP in southamerica-east1 applies a 1.5874x multiplier.
- AWS and GCP load balancers carry a traffic-based component that is not part of the base monthly comparison.
- Object storage on AWS, GCP and Oracle bills per request, which is not part of the per-GB rate.
FAQ
Is Optidata cheaper than Google Cloud?
Google Cloud costs more than Optidata on all 14 plan sizes compared, between 2.48x and 9.07x the Optidata monthly total (4.29x at the median). For a dedicated 4 vCPU / 16 GB server with 200 GB of block storage and 5 TB of outbound traffic a month, Google Cloud (n2d-standard-4) costs $703.49 and Optidata (ohpd-4c-16gb-amd) $125.85. Prices are on-demand list prices captured on July 31, 2026.
Where is Google Cloud cheaper than Optidata?
On plan totals, nowhere: Optidata is cheaper on all 14 sizes compared. On unit rates, Google Cloud is lower on: Additional public IPv4 ($3.65 against $5.00); and Anti-DDoS, per instance (included against $10.00).
How does outbound traffic pricing compare between Optidata and Google Cloud?
Optidata: Outbound traffic included in every plan (2 TB to 60 TB a month by plan). $0.01/GB past the allowance. Google Cloud: No outbound traffic bundled into the instance price. 1 GB a month free per account. Tiered: $0.12/GB at first, falling to $0.08/GB at higher volume.
Are Optidata and Google Cloud in the same region?
No. Optidata self-serve runs in Miami (US1). This comparison prices Google Cloud in us-central1 (Iowa). They are different locations, so the tables compare list prices, not latency, hardware or a shared site. Workloads that must keep data in Brazil run on Optidata Private Cloud, in Optidata-owned data centers in Brazil (OPD-BR1, OPD-BR2 and OPD-BR3-IA), designed and priced with an architect rather than from the public list.
When were these Google Cloud prices collected, and from where?
Google Cloud list prices were captured on July 31, 2026 from Google Cloud's public price pages (cloud.google.com/products/compute/pricing/general-purpose, cloud.google.com/compute/disks-image-pricing, cloud.google.com/storage/pricing, cloud.google.com/vpc/network-pricing, cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/pricing, cloud.google.com/products/calculator) and re-checked on August 7, 2026. Optidata prices come from its console catalog, updated September 22, 2026.
How do I move from Google Cloud to Optidata?
Optidata engineers run migrations end to end: assessment, migration plan, cutover inside a window you approve, and post-migration support. Standard workloads can also be rebuilt on Cloud Compute from the console.
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